. >>> now to our continuing coverage overseas as south african olympian oscar pistorius is granted bail in the murder case against him. soon after this decision was handed down, pistorius posted the $112,000 bond and left the court with his family. nbc's michelle kosinski was in the courtroom and has more. >> reporter: oscar pistorius sobbed, his body shaking, as this ruling was read. >> the accused has made a case to be released on bail. >> reporter: you can say in many ways this was expected, but this judge kept everyone guessing. >> of course i'm pleased. >> it doesn't mean -- we are going to make sure that we continue the case. >> reporter: his ruling lasted two hours. he criticized the prosecution saying a lot of the evidence they presented was flawed, but then saying that didn't mean that their case was not strong. next, he hit pistorius, saying he had problems with his account of what happened that morning, saying if pistorius felt so vulnerable that he needed to grab his gun and start shooting into a bathroom in which he did not know who was there, then why did he rush into dang